Museums are so much fun, it’s ridiculous that it’s not against the law. We absolutely love walking (remember, no running!) down the corridors of art galleries, as well as science and history museums. But while we’re absorbing all of that knowledge and human genius, we also remember to have a spot of fun. This article is all about that.
Our team here at Bored Panda has curated this list of those glorious moments when people had tons of fun at museums. Have a scroll and stroll down our digital gallery and remember to touch the art as much as you’d like. Oh, and if you have a favorite museum, why not let us know all about it in the comments? For instance, we’re huge fans of the Natural History Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
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I Spotted This Today At The Cleveland Museum Of Natural History
Close Enough
This Art Completes Me
Even though we’re major fans of museums, we also understand that not everyone is. Hopefully, this list will change your mind. Some people find museums intimidating. Boring. Even snooty. But that’s far from the case in our experience.
Good museums make art, history, and science approachable and enjoyable. There’s nothing to be gained by turning someone away. And there’s everything to gain by sparking joy and curiosity in someone’s heart. In short, learning is a lot of fun. But teaching? There’s something even more magical there.
Houston Museum Of Natural Science’s Humor
"Kevin? What Have They Done To You?" Decided To Spend Halloween At The Museum Of Natural History. Great Decision
This Is How To Enjoy A Visit To A Museum
One way to spread awareness and interest in art and history is through memes on social media. One successful example of this is the ‘Classical Damn’ Instagram account. Bored Panda recently spoke to the founder of the project who found a lot of success when they mixed classical paintings with modern captions.
In short, the memes made classical art very relatable because they touched on topics that we all care about. From relationships and coronavirus to politics and religion.
Visited A RAF Museum In Cornwall And Saw This Police Statement
All The Single Ladies
Visited The Modern Art Museum Today. Fascinating Stuff
"Even though the paintings are hundreds of years old, their expressions and captions make it seem they are one of us," they told Bored Panda.
"In my opinion, art and art history can be made more accessible by increasing public access to art spaces. Instagram has done a tremendous job in this by providing a platform to artists, content creators, and curators," the creator of 'Classical Damn' said.
So I Went To A Museum
Went To A Museum Armed With Face App To Brighten Up A Lot Of The Sombre Looks On The Paintings And Sculptures. The Results
Abraham Lincoln: Dog Walker (Taken Outside NYHS Museum)
"More and more people have started appreciating art after seeing them on their feeds and then trying to learn more about their backgrounds. Technology has made its interpretation and access inclusive. The future is going to be an exciting period for art and I'm looking forward to it,” they shared their thoughts.
However, former art gallery director Shelby Bercume from Florida disagrees that art and history aren’t approachable. She sees art as an intrinsic part of our daily lives.
Historical Figures Lined Up For Reopening Of Museum Of Gloucester
A Guest Dropped A Pacifier In The Cypress Swamp Exhibit At The Virginia Living Museum Today. Someone Was Quick To Take Advantage
My Little Cousins Wanted To Know Why The Art Museum Had A Painting Of Their Uncle
"Art is not snooty and complicated. Art is in literally everything we do, it makes the world go round. It is how we market, it’s what we decorate our homes with, heck it is what we decorate ourselves with," she shared her opinion with Bored Panda.
"You literally cannot turn around without seeing some form of art, in architecture, logos, billboards, television, everything. And that came from somewhere," she said that, from her perspective, the idea that art is unapproachable is archaic.
Found My Ex In The Natural History Museum
This is a real thing... I want one, just so I can use it as a conversation starter. Or an insult.
Thank goodness you realized that sooner than later. If my X were there, he would be a petrified pig. However, I am an animal lover.. just not the human replica of one.
Had An Electric Day At The Children’s Museum
Guy Visits The Museum Of Illusions Alone, Gets A Museum Worker To Help Him With The Pictures
"Everything is cyclical. We develop new styles that hold qualities of the old while still addressing and innovating in the now. So do I think there will be an exact regurgitation of the older movements? No. But I do think we can see common themes from what once was," Shelby mused about whether or not we’ll see a renaissance of classical art.
"I don’t think I could pick one movement that would be my favorite, but I am very fond of the Rococo movement. I love the frivolousness and whimsey of it. It was idealistic and excessive and a bit of an absurd expression of a carefree lifestyle," the art history expert told Bored Panda.
Absolute Madlad
Took Kids To A Children's Museum. My Five-Month-Old Fell Asleep Before We Got There But We Didn't Let That Stop Her From Having A Blast
My Husband Thoroughly Enjoyed The Science Museum
"It definitely shows the disconnect of the French aristocracy from the plights of the common people, but for me, in this day and age, it serves as an idealistic escape into whimsy and a carefree land of nonsense. It just makes me giggle."
Shelby believes that we can appreciate art without delving too deeply. There isn’t always something “to get” when it comes to art.
Rare Statue Of Michael Jackson Spotted At The Field Museum In Chicago
I Work In A Museum. This Is How I Spend My Break
When I Was 10, I Also Visited The Lamborghini Manufacturing Plant & Museum. My Dad Was A Little More Creative About Taking A Picture Of Me
"If you don’t care for one style of art, there are plenty others to choose from. I have never really understood why there is such a block. Art is what you make of it, if you don’t like 'x,' move on to 'y.' And if you really want to understand something, do your research and dive into it. Figure out what the beginnings were. What is the artist trying to say? Are they trying to say anything? Is it for aesthetics? Are you supposed to interpret it or are you looking too far into it? You don’t have to understand everything to like it, and you don’t have to like everything to appreciate it. If you can’t get past disliking a particular movement, you can find another one."
The Fire Exit Sign In This Egyptian Museum Is A Pharaoh Running
Mr. Bean Has Reach Enlightenment. British Museum
I Was At The National Gallery In Slovakia And Noticed They Use Star Wars Wallpaper On One Of The Walls In A 19th-Century Art Exhibit
Went To The Shanghai Natural History Museum Today. I Think The Taxidermist Was Out Sick On Lion Day
A Butterfly Landed On This Girl's Nose At The Smithsonian Natural History Museum
Found This Museum In Estonia. Had To Do It
So My Drivers Ed Teacher Only Has 3 Fingers On His Left Hand And Took Advantage Of It When He Went To A Museum
My Girlfriend Thought She Lost Me At The Art Gallery Today
Girlfriend And I Enjoyed The Illusion Museum Very Differently
Kelvingrove Museum Getting Into The Christmas Spirit
My Friend Went To The Museum And Made Art Of The Selfie
Found In Museum Of Earth Sciences In Cambridge
Spent 2 Hours Looking For This At The Natural History Museum (London): Totally Worth It
My Daughter Is At The Ivan The Terrible Torture Museum. I Consider This A Masterpiece
Went To Museum And They Had A Working Piano They Had This Sign
Me And My Girlfriend At The Trick Art Museum
We Put Glasses On The Floor At An Art Gallery
Omg don't even get me started on phony art people. You could take a s**t in the corner and at least 10 people will go "oh my stars, what a beautiful piece, the hardness of the poop reflects how tense and stressed the author is and, the singular fly buzzing around the excrement reveals the loneliness of the author, oh my the colour is magnificent, it's the brownest brown my artsy-fartsy eyes have ever witnesses. Oh and the redness-yellowness of that u-rine (yes, they pronounce it like this) means... well it reminds me I should see a doctor, dem kidneys are a-strugglin' youknowhatImean ahahah Francine cancel my 3-oclock caviar tasting mhm, thanks darling." 🤢
So Anyway, I'm Banned From The Children's Museum
Solid Life Advice From The Local Museum
Found This At My Local Art History Museum
My Local Museum Is Holding A Star Wars Exhibition On The 5th Of December, And To Promote It, People/Staff Are Dressing Up As Characters From The Series And Walking Through Town
Went To The Museum Of Anthropology Today And I Can't Unsee
I See The Science Museum Has Made Good Use Of Their 3D Printer. That's A Doorstop
Game of Thrones reference. There's a character named Hodor which is a corruption of the phrase "Hold door".
Took My Daughter To A Van Gogh Exhibition
Noticed You Guys Like Accidental Green Screen Pics. My Son Wore A Green Hoodie To A Pompeii Exhibit. We Ran With It
It's Art
Took A Picture Of My Brother At The Museum Of Natural History (When You See It)
These Dinosaurs Wearing Masks At The Indianapolis Children's Museum
"I'm Henry The 8th I Am"
Almost Got Kicked Out Of The National Museum Of The Philippines For This Pic
First Nations “White Man” Mask Looks A Lot Like Nic Cage
I Saw This Outside A Gallery In Brussels
In the 2nd picture, in the parentheses....why am I hearing Josè Jalepeño on a Stick??
Ok, Whatever Karen (Sao Paolo Museum Of Art)
As We're Doing Funny Exhibition Cards, Here's An Old Favorite Of Mine From An Exhibition At The National Maritime Museum
No, I don't like going abroad I went to Wales and I cried
My Wife Got This Pic Of Me Staring Incredulously At A Whale Dong In The Icelandic Phallological Museum
You Wouldn't Believe It Either
The Unnamed Soldier Was My Guide At The Game Of Thrones Exhibition
Dustin Hoffman Looks Jealous Of My Mom And John Travolta At A Wax Museum
People Were Asked To Write Down Their Fear At A Museum Exhibit
My Sister's Boyfriend, Admiring The Sculptures At The Metropolitan Museum Of Art In NYC
This Sign Of Hobo Symbols At Railroad Museum
My Local Zoo Has An Empty "Drop Bear" Exhibit
My Friend Visited A Wax Museum
Museum Fun
This Is Why They Usually Don't Let Me In To Museums
Wearing Art
This Museum Has Taxidermised Animals Randomly Hidden About In Odd Places, Behind Other Exhibits And So On
Went To The Museum Today
Is it just me or does the one in the painting look like neo from the matrix?
This Happy Guy I Saw On The Rear Of A Museum Aircraft
Took A Panoramic Photo At A Museum And Ended Up Making It Look Like This Girl Has The Ultimate Selfie Hand
The WiFi Password At The Museum Of Broken Relationships In Zagreb, Croatia
So I Found This Dog Portrait In A Museum In France
Museum-Goers Touched The "Please Touch" Sign Instead Of The Rock
That is actually a sign telling children that this exhibit can be touched! But if you don't catch the legend posted at the beginning of the exhibit you won't know that.
The Natural History Museum In Cleveland Hides Cheeseburgers Around Their Exhibits
Wife Made Me Go To Art Museum. I Found A Way To Make It Fun
Spotted In A Gallery In Florence. John Wick: Renaissance Man
Funny Countdown At The Smithsonian National Museum Of Natural History
At The Bangkok Museum Of Natural History The T-Rex Is Wearing A Facemask With A Dinosaur Pattern
Guy At A Modern Art Gallery
This Art Museum In Denmark Lets You Scratch A Lamborghini
I really want to do this and I don't know why....oddly satisfying though.
Bennett’s Face
Just Had A Sleepover At The Natural History Museum
As much as I would like this I am definitely showing my age when my first thought is how cold would it be to sleep in those big rooms on hard floors
Took My Mom To An Art Museum This Weekend And Had Some Fun With The Snapchat Filters
This Castle Has Been Painted 6 Days A Week With About 2 Gallons Of Paint Each Day For The Past Year And A Half. At The Phoenix Children's Museum
Spotted In A Museum In Riga About “What Can I Do For Latvia?”
"Not much. I'm only a tourist, but I'll recommend it to my non-existent friends."
My Girlfriend Is Studying Abroad In France This Semester And She Saw This Today At The Museum Of The French Revolution In Vizille
My Buddies And I Did This With Every Painting We Were Able To At The Museum
These Two Lions From Today's Gallery Visit
Took My Son To A Modern Art Museum And Told Him That He Needs To Really Think About The Art And What They Are Trying To Say
I am not sure... But I think I have a smarty on my hands.
In 2009, I Wore An Abe Lincoln Costume To Attend An Abe Lincoln Museum Exhibit. In The Middle Of Summer. People Thought I Worked There And Took Photos With Me
Nope, just a big Lincoln fan.
Zuckerberg Prototypes On Display At Museum Of Moving Image
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s La Danse Sculpture Found At The Musee d'Orsay
The Sign I Saw At A Museum
When I Brought My 9-Month-Old Niece To The British Museum. Dunno Why But Still Makes Me Laugh
My Brother At An Art Gallery
Stendahl Syndrome claims another victim. (Stendahl Syndrome, is a psychosomatic condition involving rapid heartbeat, fainting, confusion and even hallucinations, allegedly occurring when individuals become exposed to objects, artworks, or phenomena of great beauty and antiquity.)
Someone Donated A Psyduck To The Natural History Museum
These Face-Swapping Apps Are The Most Fun In Museums
My Wife Isn't Impressed
She doesn't get the whole jump-shot thing, but she thought this was funny cause it made her think of how they "blue-skadoo" on Blue's Clues.
Found This Legendary Sign In A History Museum At A Dance Exhibit
The Face Of Your Nightmares
This Mosaic Wall Art At A Museum In Tunisia Floored Me
A Bit Of Fun At The Louvre. I Was An Exhibit For 30 Seconds. I Think I Need A Bigger Head. Or Maybe A Smooshy Nose
My Friend And I Set His Watch And Sunglasses Down In An Abstract Art Exhibit At The DMA
The T-Rex Skull In A Mask. Walk-Ins Welcome
I love the pro mask, but I'd rather see the rest of it! Put them on the plastic model dinos! (Not sure if this a replica or not, still want to see the details tho!)
Our Friends From Sncewips Museum Played A Little "Trickolas Cage" On Us
Jasmine, our exhibition coordinator, stumbled upon this treasure during her work day.
Why The Long Face?
Passive-Aggressive Sign At My Local Museum
Merry Christmas From The Louvre Museum
The National Museum Of New Zealand Is Trying To Name A New Species Of Fish
BP steals content from all over the place, especially Reddit, but censor them out? aUxpTtX-61...f5-png.jpg
Just A Kitty-Copter At Our Local Museum
My Friend's Grandpa Visited A Wax Museum In Vegas
Back when I was in college, my boyfriend and I went to the Morris Museum in New Jersey. For some reason, he decided to dress up as the 10th Doctor (David Tennent) and walked around the automaton exhibit continuously using his Sonic Screwdriver. It was NOT Halloween.
Love these (except for the people putting stuff in art galleries, not a big fan of "gotchas")
why? They're making art. If art isn't about social commentary, then what is it?
Load More Replies...... I love all the "Placed Item XY in modern art museum and people thought it was part of the exhibition!"-events. That seems to really work - gotta try that. I do own, believe me or not, a few empty cardboard boxes in different sizes, of which I may just pick one, fold small, smuggle in, and expose. That's gonna be cool! Also - the assumption of Beavis and Butt-head about David's Device ... "It's hard, but it's not hard!" - yeah, spot on, Butt-head, spot on as anything can be spot or anything can be on ... and, both, is it!
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Back when I was in college, my boyfriend and I went to the Morris Museum in New Jersey. For some reason, he decided to dress up as the 10th Doctor (David Tennent) and walked around the automaton exhibit continuously using his Sonic Screwdriver. It was NOT Halloween.
Love these (except for the people putting stuff in art galleries, not a big fan of "gotchas")
why? They're making art. If art isn't about social commentary, then what is it?
Load More Replies...... I love all the "Placed Item XY in modern art museum and people thought it was part of the exhibition!"-events. That seems to really work - gotta try that. I do own, believe me or not, a few empty cardboard boxes in different sizes, of which I may just pick one, fold small, smuggle in, and expose. That's gonna be cool! Also - the assumption of Beavis and Butt-head about David's Device ... "It's hard, but it's not hard!" - yeah, spot on, Butt-head, spot on as anything can be spot or anything can be on ... and, both, is it!
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Load More Replies...So... this is me and my family at Siqueiros murals :3 IMG_5903-6...97c74c.jpg